The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-21
WE ARE NOT SO VERY OLD YET.
A Man Who Knew Hamilton and Heard

A Man Who Knew Hamilton and Heard
Bells Toll at Washington's Funeral.
From the NetC YorA; EreniRg Sun.
''We think of the time of Washington as
ages ago, :" said an elderly gentleman OF an
tiQuarian tastes: land yet | can point TO
more Illustrations which will suggest how
very near the distant past is 10 us after all
For instance, until within a very few months
a law partner of Aaron Burr was in active
practice in this city. He had an Office in
the building that was torn down to make
room for Temple Court, and yet Burr came
within a hairs breadth of being the third
President of the United States. His tie
vote with jefferson threw the election into
the House
peter Cooper, who died not long ago, re-
membered very well the day of Washing
toms funeral. Daniel Webster was born
while the Revolution was in progress, and
yet there are many men still in their prime
in New York who have seen and heard him,
and if l am not mistaken both Mr.. Field
and Mr.. EvaIts have been engaged IN law
cases in which Webster was also counsel.
Il recently met hearty man of business
Just over the line in Connecticut who was
chairman of the local committee appointed
TO receive Lafayette when he made his sec
ond visit to this country. This mans name
is John Newman, and he remembers very
well how Lafayette looked and what he
said on that occasion.
Henry Clay and John c. Calhoun were
both lads before this government was
organized, but there is still living a man
who sat in the United States Senate with
them. | refer to ex-senator Simon Came
ron.
'There are receiving pensions to-day as
widows of soldiers of the Revolution seven
women, and there were living at the time
of the late war five men who had fought
during the Revolution. | heard one OF
them, the Rev. Daniel Waldo, preach in
1861
''Mr. Poore, the Washington correspond
ent, has told me that he had seen every
President since Madison, and had shaken
! hands and spoken to every one since Monroe.
An old friend of mine named Abiiah Res
siqua of Ridgefield. who died month ago,
had voted for every President since Madison,
and he remembered very well hearing the
| church bells toll on the cay Of Washington
funeral There is in active business now a
man who was two years old when Washing
ton was first inaugurated President He is
George L. Perkins, of Norwich, and he was
a man grown when he sailed down the Hud-
son on the famous trip that Robert
Fulton first made to and from Al
| bany with his steamboat. The en-
gipeer of the first railway locomotive that
ever ran in the country was living some
months ago, and [ think still is There is
now living and in good health famous man
who was a member of President Folks Cabi-
net forty-two years ago. | mean George
| Bancroft, the historian. Mr.. Bancroft has
met with very many men who took part in
| the revolutionary war, and conversed with
| them Very many New Workers not yet
old men were well acquainted with the son
of Alexander Hamilton, who died not long
ago. Yet Alexander Hamilton was Wash
| ington's aide during the revolution and his
first Secretary of the Treasury.
"You will see, then, from these illustra-
tions, and l might give Others that we are
still very young republic, and that but a
very few years have passed since the time
when all who now live might have taken
the hands of men who have seen Washing
ton and who fought under him. Very many
men now living have, in fact, been able to
enjoy this privilege"